H2004-17-09, Part 1
Part 2

1) Her birthplace, childhood, and parent's background information.
birthplace\ Kaltag -- relocated to\ biological father -- deceased\ mother -- remarried\ Whaleback -- relocated to\ mink farm -- home\ mother -- deceased\ childhood\ mink farm\ school -- Holy Cross\ stepfather -- deceased\ sister -- younger\ marriage\ sister -- employment\ sister -- relocation of\ Bradley, Catherine -- mother\ Labelle, Fred -- father\ Walker, David -- husband\ husband -- deceased\ children -- number of\ child -- deceased\ children -- location of\ children -- background information\ daughter -- teacher\ Chevak|

2) When she began her profession as a health aide.
health aide -- selection\ village council -- selection\ child delivery -- experience in\ midwife -- experience\ midwife -- youngest\ midwife -- mother\ midwife -- training\ child delivery -- team\ procedures\ medications\ health aide -- injected shots\ midwife -- replacement of\ child delivery -- hospital requirements\ health aide -- duties\ automobile accident -- story of\ paramedic\ IV's -- use of\ patients -- assistance with\ health aide -- assistant\ patients -- story of\ communication -- radio\ doctor -- assistance\ Holy Cross\ doctor -- lack of\ Aniak -- doctor\ clinic\ villages -- travel to|

3) Talks about her patients, health aide assistants, Holy Cross clinic, and medical experiences while she was a health aide.
patients -- care of\ health aide assistant -- experience of\ responsibilities\ clinic -- size of\ automobile accident -- story of\ situation -- impact of\ medical treatment\ silver nitrate -- purpose of\ stabbing incident -- story of\ transportation -- vehicles\ health aide assistant -- medical care\ Ghost Creek -- temporary residence\ child delivery -- story of|

4) Her experiences as a health aide and working on writing the health aide manual.
health aide -- manual\ manual -- development of\ writing manual -- role in\ Anchorage\ manual -- topics\ health aide -- experiences\ health aide -- methods\ clinic -- setup procedures\ medications -- procedures\ training -- attendance|

5) The type of health aide training she received.
training -- type of\ training -- ear infections\ ear infections -- frequency of\ medicine -- type of\ antibiotic -- purposes of\ symptoms -- understanding\ diagnosis\ patients -- type of\ communication -- radio\ communication -- impact of\ diagnosis -- improvement of\ radio -- availability\ telephone -- availability\ communication -- benefits of\ communication -- two-way\ patients -- description of\ symptoms -- diagnosis\ patient -- confidentiality\ records -- type of\ charts -- medical\ telephone -- benefits of|

6) Communication technology, management of clinics and medical supplies.
communication -- radio\ radio -- listening\ travel -- health aide\ travel -- villages\ Holy Cross\ Grayling\ Anvik\ Shageluk\ health aide -- duties\ clinic -- overseeing\ clinic -- organizing\ medications -- ordering\ medications -- tracking\ medical supplies -- inventory of\ medications -- mail delivery\ medical supplies -- needs of\ immunizations -- purposes of\ resignation\ job -- effect of\ job -- personal\ transportation\ husband\ health aide -- alternate\ job -- promotion\ alternate health aide -- training\ alternate health aide -- support|

7) Her work to promote healthy living and discourage the use of drugs and alcohol.
education -- health\ education -- drugs\ education -- alcohol\ survey -- development of\ survey -- type of\ sample -- children\ children -- familiarity with drugs\ Iditarod Area School District\ school -- superintendent\ teacher -- selection of\ drugs -- sale of\ health aide -- training\ training -- levels\ medication -- knowledge of\ medical supplies -- inventory\ medicine -- type of\ suturing -- story of\ suturing -- learning\ vaccination -- rabies\ community -- informing\ emergency -- involvement with\ patient -- travel\ children -- escort|

8) Identifying a rare contagious disease in an infant and keeping the rest of the village from getting sick.
disease -- meningococcal\ disease -- symptoms\ disease -- diagnosis\ baby -- infection\ disease -- contagious\ disease -- treatment of\ medicine -- antibiotic\ diseases -- knowledge of \ incident -- serious\ treatment -- success of\ patient -- travel\ patients -- escorting\ travel -- policy\ travel -- boarding|

9) When her husband became ill.
disease -- treatment\ husband -- illness\ husband -- treatment of\ diagnosis -- stroke\ stroke -- causes of\ alcohol -- effects of\ brain\ heart\ medical advice -- limited\ advice -- acceptance of\ activities -- limited\ Ghost Creek\ residence -- moving\ Holy Cross\ Walker, Lillian -- daughter\ Walker, Mary -- teacher|

10) How she started as a mid-wife, and her first experience delivering a baby with her mother-in-law helping her.
mid-wife -- learning\ sister-in-laws -- pregnancy\ mid-wife -- first experience\ women -- labor\ child -- delivery of\ child delivery -- timing of\ mother-in-law -- helping\ mother-in-law -- grandma\ mother-in-law -- Irene\ child delivery -- dangers of\ child delivery -- problem\ baby -- color of\ blue\ umbilical cord\ neck\ finger -- use of\ mother-in-law -- instructing\ baby -- saving\ baby -- keeping warm\ lessons -- learned\ child delivery -- tips\ cord -- location of\ mucus -- removal of\ feet -- tapping of\ baby -- crying\ child delivery -- following instructions\ fear -- lack of\ prayer\ child delivery -- first experience\ child delivery -- age at|

11) Giving birth to her children, and how she gained knowledge in the delivery of children.
pregnancy\ child -- delivery of\ Holy Cross\ mid-wife -- early practices of\ health aide -- story of\ child delivery -- knowledge of\ health aide -- training\ training -- materials\ training -- on the job\ pregnancy -- pre-natal care\ retirement\ child delivery -- story of\ help -- requested\ health aide -- assistance from\ health aide -- primary\ health aide -- requirements\ public health nurse -- traveling\ public health nurse -- assistance|

12) Traveling public health nurses who came to the villages, and the limited availability of trained health aides after her retirement.
public health nurses -- arrival of\ Fall -- school year\ public health nurses -- responsibilities\ health aide -- assistance from\ medical charts -- update\ children -- weighing\ health aide -- primary\ retirement -- challenges\ health aides -- lack of\ medical shots -- description of\ medical procedures\ medicine -- delivery of\ medicine -- penicillin\ penicillin -- injections\ penicillin -- restrictions\ health aides -- training \ Demientieff, Theresa -- health aide\ health aides -- availability\ health aides -- need for|

13) Why she worked as a health aide, and reflections on her early health care experiences.
health aide -- job\ work -- enjoyment of\ retirement\ husband -- requested her retirement\ health aide -- reasons for\ people -- caring for\ adolescent\ health -- kidney infection\ strep throat -- effects of\ strep throat -- symptoms of\ training -- Anchorage\ emergency care -- training\ Alaska Native Service\ Providence Hospital\ observation -- learning style\ kidney -- donation\ family -- background\ family -- care of\ work -- balance of\ husband -- support from\ retirement\ health care -- early experience\ elder -- medical story\ elder -- care of\ health aide -- assistance\ Woods, Irena\ skills -- learned\ sewing -- skins\ sewing -- learning\ woman -- quality of\ Woods, Irena -- “Grandma”|

14) The first clinic she worked out of and more of her experiences as a health aide.
job -- quit\ clinic -- Holy Cross\ clinic -- new building\ clinic -- first\ clinic -- description of\ equipment -- examination table\ health aide -- duties\ children -- medical care\ work -- confidence\ supervision -- lack of\ blood -- drawing of\ medical assistance -- availability of\ confidentiality -- respect\ communication -- type of\ communication -- telephone\ privacy\ medical reports -- secured\ medical shots -- injections\ strep throat -- story of\ disease -- contagious\ strep throat -- tissue culture\ tissue culture -- testing\ disease -- skin\ disease -- Impetigo\ disease-- type of\ disease -- symptoms\ strep -- causes of\ accident -- story of|

15) Remaining involved with health care services after she retired, and the training she received as a health aide.
health aide association -- creation of\ Kuskokwim region\ meetings\ language -- Yupik\ language -- English\ Bethel -- meetings\ meetings -- translator\ Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC)\ health aide -- training\ Holy Cross\ Tanana Chiefs Conference\ health aide -- meetings\ Doyon Region -- political affiliation\ YKHC -- medical affiliation\ language -- Athabascan\ meetings -- English\ meetings -- purpose of\ training -- knowledge of\ health care -- management\ health care -- regional corporation\ health care -- regions\ Holy Cross\ Shageluk\ Grayling\ Anvik\ Aniak\ McGrath|